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Margate Pride 2018

How to get to Margate

By car

Margate has excellent road links with the M20 and M2 motorways close-by providing an easy connection to London.

The Eurotunnel train at Calais will transport you to Folkestone in just 35 minutes. From there it is approximately a one hour drive to Thanet on the A20 and A256, follow the signs to Margate.

By bus

Frequent bus links mean travelling around Thanet and to Margate is quick and easy. The 8, 32, 33, 34, 36, 56 and Loop are the main bus routes that Stagecoach run through the towns, stopping in various places near the park.

By rail

The high-speed train service between London and Margate means travelling from the capital is quick and easy with a journey time around 91 minutes (based on travelling from St Pancras Int'l to Margate).

There are also frequent trains between London Victoria and Margate. Journey times are approximately 1 hour 50 minutes from Victoria. Margate train station is approximately a five minute walk to Dreamland’s main entrance.

This summer, southeastern are running a special offer which allows customers to purchase £10 tickets from London to Margate in advance.

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